November 15, 2012, 5:17 pm ET · by Jason M. BreslowHouse Republicans have released a scathing postmortem of the collapse of MF Global, blaming the leadership of Chief Executive Jon Corzine and a breakdown in regulatory oversight for the brokerage’s 2011 bankruptcy.
June 6, 2012, 3:28 pm ET · by Jason M. BreslowWhen regulators began to grow nervous last summer about MF Global’s $6 billion bet on European debt, they told the … Continue reading →
June 4, 2012, 2:00 pm ET · by Jason M. BreslowJon Corzine and other former executives of MF Global Holdings Ltd. could face claims for negligence and breach of fiduciary … Continue reading →
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May 22, 2012, 9:44 pm ET · by Jason M. BreslowSeven months since MF Global filed for bankruptcy, here is what is known about the brokerage firm’s customers and what happened to $1.6 billion worth of their missing money.
May 22, 2012, 9:43 pm ET · by Sarah ChildressAs the markets reveled in JP Morgan’s $2 billion loss, and scrambled to understand the $6 billion wipe-out at MF Global, observers asked why, in the wake of the economic meltdown, anyone would take such extreme risks. The answer, of course, is that sometimes those gambles pay off.
May 22, 2012, 9:42 pm ETA former trader discusses those scary final days in late October 2011, and what it was like to learn that customer money was missing. “They were saying it was $500 million; then it was a billion,” he tells FRONTLINE. “It was just unbelievable. It was like a movie.”
May 22, 2012, 12:59 pm ET · by Jason M. BreslowWhen Jon Corzine took the reins of MF Global in 2010, the Wall Street brokerage was a deeply troubled firm. … Continue reading →